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You've got lots to offer. You're smart, a snappy dresser and your manners are impeccable. You know your industry and profession inside out. Yet, you have a sinking suspicion your resume is never at the top of the pile and, until it is, you'll never have a chance to prove yourself in an interview.
While there are career opportunities out there, you're probably facing stiffer competition than the last time you went job hunting. That's why your first impression -- your resume -- is crucial.
"Because of the economy and so many people applying for positions, the only way to standout is to make a connection," explains Adrienne Tom, a Calgary-based resume writer.
Like your favourite suit, your resume needs to fit the job you're applying for, she argues.
"I recommend that people take the time to custom tailor a resume for every job they apply for."
Part of this should involve using key words that will stand out if your application is scanned electronically -- often, the first round of screening is done electronically, not by people. If your resume doesn't include certain words, it could be automatically deleted. Tom urges job seekers to carefully examine the job posting and identify emphasized words and phrases to repeat those in your resume.
"That small step goes a long way," she says.
Another common blunder Tom sees is simply listing duties and tasks. "Employers are looking for proof of your skills and abilities," she says. This means finding ways to quantify how well you did the job.
Nina Freier of the U.S.-based ResumeEdge notes that it can be difficult for people to determine the value they brought to an organization. "Most of us have been taught to be modest, and not brag. But when it comes to a resume, it's all about you." That's why it can be helpful for people to work with a professional to draft their resume.
In her view, selling yourself on paper isn't much different than first impressions in the flesh. Decisions are made almost immediately. "Nowadays, you want to get a recruiter's attention within 7-10 seconds," she says.
One of the things that can weaken the impact of a resume is a self-serving "objective" statement at the start of the document. Stating that you're seeking a job to enhance your career goals is not only obvious, but it also doesn't tell the employer
what you can do for them. Instead, do a qualification statement that offers a snapshot of your background and tells the employer why they should keep reading, says Freier.
With so many applications to look through, employers are not interested in your entire career history. Generally, professionals should focus only on the last 15 years; those in IT should only include the last 10 years.
While you may be eager to catch an employer's eye, be honest -- even if it's tough to resist the urge to exaggerate here and there. "My advice is, whatever you do, don't do that," says Freier. During your interview, this will become abundantly clear to your interviewer.
Also resist the urge to be cutesy with the formatting of your resume. A neatly laid-out Word file will suffice.
"I've received resumes that have a little tea bag on it with a note: 'Sit back, relax and read,' " she says. But this doesn't get you noticed -- nor does chocolate or brightly coloured paper. "Nowadays, it's all about what you bring to a job -- not the gimmicky stuff."
If you decide to hire a resume writer, there are many local and online ventures that can offer writing services, but both Freier and Tom recommend checking credentials carefully. "As with any industry, people out there can put out a shingle and say they're a resume writer," says Freier.
Working with a writer is "interactive," says Tom, so look for someone who wants to work closely with you. "People sometimes have a difficult time understanding what they really have to offer and it's my job to help them find those little golden nuggets of information and use them."
Caitlin Crawshaw crafts stories for newspapers, magazines and websites across North America. Visit her at www.inkslingermedia.com.


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Kansas governor race: National Dems to give Davis money
March 1, 2014
Topeka House Minority Leader Paul Davis will get fundraising help from a national Democratic group in his bid to unseat Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.
Mark Giangreco, digital director of the Democratic Governors Association, said in a recent email to supporters that Kansas is one of three Republican-controlled states where the association believes its candidates can win. The others are Texas and Arkansas.
DGA spokesman Danny Kanner said that while Davis does not have the national name recognition of the presumptive Democratic candidates in Texas and Arkansas, the association believes donors will get behind him.
"DGA is committed to defeating Gov. Brownback and we believe Paul Davis is a strong candidate who will be able to do that," Kanner told The Topeka Capital-Journal.
The Brownback campaign didn't immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment.
Help with national fundraising will be important for Davis to avoid the fate of Brownback's previous challenger, Tom Holland, said Bob Beatty, a political science professor at Washburn University. Holland lost after getting off to a late fundraising start and getting outspent, he said.
"It's significant because, regardless of party, taking on an incumbent takes money because often the challenger is not very well known," Beatty said.
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There are a lot of different techniques for budgeting out there. There's the standard "write out a budget" method presented in a ton of personal finance books. There's the "envelope" method. There's the electronic "You Need a Budget" method.
I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of each type of budget, except to say that they have a few big things in common.
The big one is that they all push you to compartmentalize your money into groups so that you can keep careful track of where your money is going.
They want you to allot a certain amount to your energy bill. They want you to allocate a certain amount to your monthly food spending. They want you to allocate a certain amount to your mortgage. You get the idea.
The idea behind this is that you should strive to set aside enough each month to ensure that each particular area of your life is covered. So, if you have a $1,200 mortgage payment each month, then $1,200 of your monthly income should be untouchable except for your mortgage payment. If you spend $800 on your family's food each month, then $800 of your monthly income should be untouchable except for food.
Budgeting really does make a lot of sense. Except when it doesn't.
See, while some of your budgetary items are extremely fixed – like your mortgage payment – others are not. Your food spending varies depending on whether you run out of staples, whether you have guests, and many other factors. Your energy spending varies depending upon the season. Your entertainment and hobby spending can vary a lot depending on your social calendar.
Most budgeting advice encourages you to assess this number based on your recent spending. They'll tell you to take your food receipts for the last month, trim them by 10% or so, and use that as your food budget for the month. They'll tell you to look at your last few energy bills, average them, and use that for your energy budget.
This doesn't work.
You're going to have a month where it's freezing outside and you use a ton of energy. You're going to have a month where family members invade like locusts and your food budget goes to the moon. You're going to have a month where you end up making too many phone calls and your cell phone budget is too low.
You absolutely must have flexibility in your budget. A rigid budget doesn't reflect real life.
I've been experimenting with budgets for our family recently, and I've found that my best solution to the flexible budget problem is really simple.
All I do is add a new line item to my budget called "Flex." That "Flex" section is equal to 10% of the rest of my entire budget. So, if all of my other budget line items add up to $3,000, the "flex" item is $300.
The entire purpose of that "flex" section is to make sure that, if I go overboard on a particular budget area for a good reason, it's not panic time. The "flex" section will pick it up.
At the end of a month, if I still have money in the "flex" section, I carry it forward to the next month. I also dump any extra money from other budget categories into "flex" for the next month.
If "flex" ever totals more than 25% of my budget, I use the extra for saving for a big long-term goal, like our next house. Alternately, you could use it for additional hobby or entertainment spending that month. So far, it's gotten close to 25%, but it's never quite made it.
On the other hand, "flex" has made it a lot easier to stick to a strict budget. I know that if I go over a little bit on food spending one month, it's not a panic situation. Instead, I know that "flex" will cover it.
It's vital to note, however, that any time you do go over in a category, you should spend some time reassessing that category. Should you be budgeting more there? Or was this a rare exception for a good reason that won't regularly be repeated?
If you're struggling with budgeting, adding "flex" to your budget can make the whole process much easier. It might put a little squeeze on some of the more "fun" areas of your budget, like hobby and entertainment spending, but your reward for that is a lot less stress and a lot more flexibility.


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Individual exhibits showcase such landmark works as Kerouac's 'On the Road' and Ginsberg's 'Howl,' and enlarged photos of Beat luminaries adorn the walls. Supplementing City Lights' holdings, a vast collection of books of Beat literature, poetry, and culture (as well as of the Hippie and rock cultures that followed) are for sale. There are also audio and video recordings, posters, postcards, and the like.
Cimino and his staff are fabulously knowledgeable and friendly. Check them out at kerouac.com and 1-800-KER-OUAC.
Photos: Elliott Erwitt, Burt Glinn, and Dennis Stock (all courtesy Magnum Photos); Jerry Stoll (courtesy Casey Stoll), C.R. Snyder; and courtesy ruth weiss, Larry Vuckovich, San Francisco History Center (S.F. Public Library), Corbis Sales
Ginsberg painting: Danny O'Connor (docart.co.uk)
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• For more on the Beat Generation, including some precious archival video footage, don't miss 'The Source,' Chuck Workman's compelling and intelligent DVD documentary on the subject.


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Over the weekend I was sent a picture of a car that was spotted on the edge of a wooded area. Typically, I'm fairly good at identifying cars in the woods, but this one left me a bit puzzled. To me, the headlight area looked Karman-Ghia-ish, the curved door looked Italian, and the back looked like flat-out like a Triumph Spitfire. I hit the internet, looking at all sorts of different vehicles, hoping to find a match, but failed to come up with anything definitive. Luckily, there are enthusiasts out there that are FAR more familiar with small foreign convertibles than I am, and it was now time to test out their skills. With many different automotive experts on the internet, my place of choice for this question was TheCarLounge. The people on there are many, and I knew that if anyone could identify an old foreign convertible in a short amount of time, they would be the group. As I had imagined, they proved themselves to be champions (a user named "brickfrenzy" especially)! Without much fuss, we all agreed that the car in question is an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, which according to some sources on the internet they built about 14,000 of between 1955 and 1962. This is what a nice one looks like.
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Romance Week: Mexico City Sights
Same-sex marriage bells are ringing in a growing number of U.S. states and forward-thinking countries. But where should queers-in-the-know head for forthcoming nuptials or fabulously memorable honeymoons? EDGE suggests letting your five senses make the call.
Home to an astounding population of nearly 20 million people in its greater metropolitan area, Mexico City is something to see. The capital city has a notably large LGBT community, hosts the country's biggest Pride parade every June, and lately has seen a substantial civic investment in beautifying and activating the city's public spaces.
Elected officials took their liberal agenda to the next level in 2009, signing same-sex marriage into law two years after civil unions were legalized in 2007. The result is a vibrant out-and-proud gay and lesbian community that welcomes the chance to host weddings and pop the celebratory bubbly for honeymooners. Zona Rosa is the city's main "gayborhood" (and home to the Pride parade route along Paseo de la Reforma), marked by its pink cobblestones and freewheeling attitudes.
Mexico City Essentials
Head to Alameda Central, the city's sprawling central park, to view some of the city's beautifully landscaped grounds and fountains, as well as the Museo Mural Diego Rivera just west of the park. There you can behold one of the artist's most cherished works, "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda," which managed to survive the 1985 earthquake and subsequently had a museum built around it.
The Alameda has undergone a nearly $20-million renovation that serves as a lush, green respite in the middle of buzzing Mexico City traffic. Don't miss a visit to the marvelous, century-old Palacio de Bellas Artes, the first national theater of Mexico, with gorgeous Art Nouveau and Art Deco details.
One of the trendiest neighborhoods is Condesa-Roma, home to scads of queers who flock for the cute cafes, boutiques and clubs. Head to the charming Rosetta restaurant for sophisticated dishes that combine Italian and traditional Mexican flavors. But plan ahead: The restaurant's modest size and reliable popularity make it hard to get a table.
There are scores of affordable and gay-friendly accommodations throughout Mexico City, from Zona Rosa to Condesa-Roma and beyond. But feast your just-married eyes on the Camino Real in the mucho-cosmopolitan Polanco district. The hotel opened its mod doors in 1968, and today serves as one of the most eye-catching and colorfully sleek hotels in the city.
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Frida Kahlo lived a hard life, but no one can say she didn't make the most of the cards she was dealt. Head to her visually captivating Blue House in the Distrito Federal to see how she created a haven of colorful bliss that stands today as one of the world's most intimate and visually marvelous museums.
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Quintana Roo on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula -- home to Cancun, Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen -- recently made same-sex marriage legal. What better side trip from Mexico City than a gay-welcoming district boasting some of the country's most scenic beaches?
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TD Garden is temporarily closed due to ongoing public health and safety concerns.
TD Garden is New England's premier sports and entertainment facility. Home to the 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics, the 19,600 seat arena hosts world renowned concerts, sporting events, family shows and much more. The TD Garden has three private restaurants (Banners Harbor View, Budweiser Legends Club, and The Premium Club Bistro), 90 Executive Suites, 1100 club seats, a multimillion dollar high-definition video scoreboard - Garden HDX - and complete 360-degree LED technology.


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Last time I was in Vegas, the Bouchon Bakery was our go-to breakfast and snack spot. This time, we tried the Bouchon restaurant for breakfast, twice. (Yes, they have Bouchon in LA, but it doesn't serve breakfast.)
Bouchon is located off the Venetzia lobby, which is one floor above the Venetian lobby. The ambiance is a bit more laid back than the Beverly Hills location. Since one of my favorite dishes in LA was the boudin noir, I thought I'd try the boudin blanc for breakfast. I was not disappointed. Served with perfectly prepared scrambled eggs, the white sausage was butter-soft and had a melt in your mouth quality that I've seldom experienced with breakfast sausage. The spicing was mild, but there was an essential meatiness that came through. It was almost like a pate in a casing, but fluffier.
The corn beef hash was also excellent. Consisting of perfectly brunoised cubes of corn beef and potato. Unlike some hashes which are more of a mush, the individual cubes made this more like a beautiful meat succotash, dotted with parsley and nicely spiced.
The hash comes with two eggs; I had them over easy and they were utterly perfect- whites were soft but not runny and a mere pin prick of the fork released the yolk. Bouchon definitely knows how to cook eggs.
The toast and croissants were fine though not exceptional, but slathered with the sweet and tangy marmalades (we had peach and pineapple) anything would have been good.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Vegas Report: Bouchon Las Vegas
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The Terracotta powder by Guerlain, the authority in bronzing powders, is declined for a summer limited edition with a red silicon sleeve. It naturally reproduces varying shades of the sun, offering women an instant natural glow, at any time of year, in one quick, easy motion. Its formula, enriched with moisturising active ingredients, does not dry out the skin. It ensures long-lasting comfort.
To be used in all over or to contour and sculpt your tan. Mistake proof.
The fragrance of the Terracotta powder takes you on a getaway. The freesia and orange blossom notes create the sensation of a cocoon. They are blended into tonka bean and vanilla notes with sunny facets that embody the essence of Terracotta. A note of white musc add a velvet touch to this addictive fragrance.
The senses are awakened, transported to a faraway land.
To give a natural sun-kissed look to the entire face, try the Guerlain secret: trace a "3" on the skin.
Apply the bronzing powder with a brush to the raised areas of the face by drawing a figure "3" on each side, from the forehead to the cheekbones, then from the cheekbones to the chin, finishing with a stroke down the neck.


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In 1992, my mother at 60 years of age was diagnosed with an early stage of breast cancer. At the time, she was offered a mastectomy or lumpectomy and follow-up tamoxifen (Nolvadex). She opted for a mastectomy and started on a course of tamoxifen that was supposed to be for 10 years. My mother lasted two weeks on the drug. She experienced diarrhea and mood swings and she finally decided to have no more of it. To date, breast cancer has not recurred. The March 1, 2007 issue of "Cancer" addresses the issue of early termination of tamoxifen by women prescribed this drug in follow up to chemotherapy or as a preventative measure against breast cancer. In fact, the issue reports that nearly 25 percent of women discontinued tamoxifen within the first year of treatment. This is much higher than previously thought in clinical practice. The study goes on to reveal that after 3.5 years of treatment, over one third of women have discontinued these meds. "Science Daily," a source that reported these findings further states that scientists estimate that over 40,000 recurrences of breast cancer are prevented each year by tamoxifen.
We know by now that five years is the optimum treatment duration with tamoxifen, however, the article goes on to assert that discontinuing the drug before five years is up can be related to a higher incidence of recurrence and mortality. What this means to you is that there is sufficient evidence to suggest that taking tamoxifen for the prescribed five years provides optimal effect against breast cancer in reducing risk of recurrence and decreasing chances of mortality from the disease.
I have put a lot of effort to highlighting the side effects and lack of clinical long term research in the use of aromatase inhibitors like Arimidex (anastrozole). Tamoxifen in my mind is a safer and more reliable medication precisely because it has been used in a clinical setting for over 20 years. There are serious side effects such as uterine cancer and blood clots, however the incidence of these is very small and can be monitored.
It was found that women between 35 and 44 and those over 75, were more likely to quit tamoxifen use and not take an alternative. Furthermore, women who started taking an antidepressant within the first year of tamoxifen use also stopped treatment early. The most common reasons were because of hot flashes and mood swings (ironically, antidepressant medication is effective in dealing with these).
I have highlighted in earlier blogs and restate it now; before discontinuing any medication for any reason you need to discuss it with your doctor. You have the right and responsibility to take charge of your treatment; however you need to know what stopping the drug will do to your risk, and more importantly, how to safely stop the medication.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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Numark X5 DJ Mixer. Numark, creator of the first 100% digital DJ mixer, is continuing to take digital mixing to new levels with X5. This two-channel, 24-bit, high-resolution mixer contains high-end aNumark, creator of the first 100% digital DJ mixer, is continuing to take digital mixing to new levels with X5. This two-channel, 24-bit, high-resolution mixer contains high-end analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog circuitry, and powerful look-ahead limiters at the master, booth, and headphone outputs to deliver virtually lossless, clip-proof audio performance.
Borrowing from the industrial design of the award-winning Numark mixer family of ITCH controllers—NS7, NSFX, and V7—X5 perfectly complements V7, the motorized turntable software controller.
While the Numark X5 is a perfect fit between a pair of V7s, the mixer is also compatible with all turntables, CD players, and other sources. You will immediately appreciate X5's rugged, club-friendly construction, which includes high-quality knobs, buttons, and faders. X5 employs the same ultra-long-lifetime CP PRO crossfader as the one in the universally acclaimed NS7 motorized digital DJ controller.
Performance DJs will appreciate the fit and finish of this Numark mixer along with its professional touches, including crossfader and line-fader slope and reverse controls, channel Transform triggers, repositionable phono/line switches, 3-band combination EQ/Kills on each channel, and mini-crossfader cueing control.
The Numark DJ mixer's high-quality connections, including balanced analog, S/PDIF optical, and coaxial digital outputs ensure optimal transmission of DJs' performances to amplification and recording systems.
With a signal-to-noise ratio greater than 100dB, less than .005% total harmonic distortion, and frequency response from ultra-wide 10 - 20,000Hz frequency response, the Numark X5 DJ mixer delivers your mix to the PA, recording system, and your headphones without distortion or coloration. Its high-quality components and rugged build make it an excellent mixer for every scratch DJ.nalog-to-digital and digital-to-analog circuitry, and powerful look-ahead limiters at the master, booth, and headphone outputs to deliver virtually lossless, clip-proof audio performance.
Numark X5 DJ Mixer Features:
Looks, fit, and finish match perfectly with a pair of V7s
Ultra-long lifetime CP PRO crossfader
24-bit circuitry for superior sound quality
Look-ahead limiters on master, booth, and headphone outputs eliminate clipping
Slope and reverse controls on crossfader and line faders
Each channel offers EQ/Kills, gain, Transform
Repositionable phono/line switches
Dedicated mic input with EQ
Master (1/4" pair, balanced), Booth (RCA, pair), S/PDIF optical and coaxial digital outputs
Mini-crossfader cueing with headphone tone control
X5 2-Channel, 24-bit Digital DJ Mixer Specifications:
Line: 100kΩ input impedance
Max input = 4V
Microphone: 5kΩ input impedance unbalanced 80mV rms max input
Phono: 47kΩ input impedance
Balanced Line: 11V rms max.
Unbalanced Line: 5.5V rms max.
Headphone: 0.5W into 47Ω
Distortion: 0.005% typical
Signal-to-Noise Ratios (full mixing path, A-weighted)
Line: Better than 102dB
Microphone: Better than 85dB
Phono: Better than 85dB
Frequency Response
Line: 20Hz- 20kHz ±0.dB
Phono: RIAA accuracy ±0.5dB
Power Consumption: 12W typical
Dimensions (WxHxD): 10" x 14.5" x 3.5"
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Severe cuts in New England fish catch go into effect
78 percent year-to-year cut in the catch limit for Gulf of Maine cod
Federal regulators have officially released new rules for the 2013 fishing year in New England that implement broad cuts in catch limits on key fish stocks.
The reductions became official Tuesday, a day after fishermen rallied at a Boston fish pier and called for changes to ease some cuts. The 2013 fishing season begins Wednesday.
The most severe of the reductions is a 78 percent year-to-year cut in the catch limit for Gulf of Maine cod.
Fishermen who target bottom-dwelling groundfish, such as cod and flounder, argue the cuts will destroy the local industry. They say the fishery is so badly understood by scientists that regulators are destroying jobs based on bad data.
But regulators say a poor 2012 catch in key species proves stocks are struggling and cuts are needed to help them rebuild.


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The Horn of Africa is one of the most volatile places on earth with recalcitrant Eritrea and militant Somalia considered diehard "spoilers" in a region marred with perennial conflicts and starvation.
Ten million people are hungry in the Horn of Africa and scores are dying every day; the worst drought and famine hit are people in areas controlled by Al Qaeda and Al Shabab which Eritrea is accused of supporting. Staggering numbers of emaciated Somali women and children are flocking into make-shift feeding centers in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, which are themselves in need of food aid along with Uganda and Djibouti.
There is a total North Korea style of news black-out on the food situation in Eritrea which is also a drought-prone country. The UN estimates up to 75 percent of the Eritrean population is malnourished caused by outdated communist-oriented economic and agricultural policies. Eritrean refugees entering the Sudan and Ethiopia speak of a nightmarish distribution system of meager food rations in the country.
Early this month, leaders of the frontline states confronting Somalia and Eritrea met in Addis Ababa not to discuss the plight of the famine and drought stricken millions but to deal with the threat Eritrea is purportedly posing to the peace and security of the region. The frontline states, which are also members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) believe Eritrea is still channeling arms and funds to terrorists and extremists fighting to topple the AU/UN backed government in Mogadishu.
Moreover the African Union and the US are worried by new developments of reported stepped up cooperation and coordination of activities between Al Shabab in Somalia and the Al Qaeda branch in Yemen.
While President Isaias Afewerki was wrapping up another state visit to Qatar on July 4, 2011 --the 4th trip in about a year-- his IGAD counterparts from Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti were drawing a communiqué urging the UN Security Council to slap a second round of harsher sanctions on Eritrea linking it to the activities of the dreaded Al Qaeda and Al Shabab in Somalia.
The proposed sanctions will target revenues from Eritrea's lucrative mining sector and will also ban the transfer of funds from government supporters in the Diaspora. Eritreans hoped money from mining would make their country one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Now the future is uncertain and the people can only blame President Isaias
Afewerki's archaic totalitarian rule.
But President Afewerki does not seem worried. The Eritrean leader did not bother to go to Addis Ababa on July 4 to face his government's accusers and refute the destabilization charges at the IGAD heads of state conference, if he believed he was clean. He could have asked for a change of venue if he did not want to be in the Ethiopian capital.
Afewerki also refused to attend the ordinary African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea from June 28 - to July 1, 2011 where he could have defended his country's interests.
Lack of proactive engagement is seen as indicative of the defenseless Eritrean position. It has merely been denying IGAD's claim through reactive press releases coupled by massive mobilization of its Diaspora supporters to campaign against the sanctions. Proponents of the Eritrean government are acting out of what they believe is their patriotic obligation albeit without questioning the government's laughable diplomatic performances over the years.
Afewerki's irrational policies have turned the entire continent against his country. He seems to look at African Union and IGAD heads of state as a mindless bunch of opportunists and subservient tools of Ethiopian or US hidden agendas. It should not be surprising especially to government supporters and opponents alike why Africa is very disdainful and utterly
unsympathetic to Eritrea's legitimate yearning for a demarcated border with Ethiopia.
The UN Security Council is to start reviewing the need for additional sanctions on Friday. The Council's determination will likely favor the position of IGAD as a regional organization whose member states say they are living under constant Al Qaeda and Al Shabab threats for supporting the Somali Government. President Omar Hassan Al Bashir of Sudan and Somali President Sheikh Ahmed want Eritrea punished. The other aggrieved frontline countries, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti have large ethnic Somali populations within their boundaries where it is feared that Al Shabab could easily infiltrate and cause harm.
Summing up the concern of the 6-nation IGAD organization in the Ethiopian capital last week, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki underscored what he described as the "destabilization activities in the region, associated with Eritrea," adding: "This is a matter of serious concern and it is my hope that this Summit will focus some attention on it in view of the need for
collective security and sustainable peace."
Another IGAD member, Uganda, with over 7,000 of its peace keeping troops now in Somalia, also wants to see a weakened Isaias Afewerki in retaliation for Al Shabab's bloody attack in Kampala last year killing 74 people. The attackers were allegedly trained in Eritrea.
The Security Council is likely to endorse IGAD's decision for more sanctions on Eritrea on top of those imposed in December 2009 enforcing armed embargo, freezing assets of officials and restricting their travel abroad. The question remains how tough and effective the new measures will be in disciplining and stopping Eritrea from allegedly undermining UN efforts to pacify Somalia.
Hopefully this time, the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea will present to the public a convincing report on why the new measures against Eritrea are necessary. In the meantime, Eritrea can begin to show its willingness and ability to obey international laws by recognizing the UN and AU supported Somali government and by denouncing Al Shabab.
There is no guarantee this will stop the Security Council from imposing additional sanctions soon. But such a move may influence any idea of a possible third round of sanctions a year or two from now unless Eritrea drastically changes course.
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A big, gold Momocchi statue to have behind the hosts for the eternity.
Posted 15 April 2017 - 04:55 AM
Did.... Did H!S just make an even worse opening? What in the holy hell.... That was like video editing 101. I'm having flashbacks to 2009 AMVs. That's bad.
Posted 27 April 2017 - 04:03 AM
So does anyone know what exactly Country Girls was recording in the recent episode?
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From Mr. A of jplop
- 5-nin Country Girls announcement : Country Girls will perform a special new song "Idol Sotsugyou Chuui Jikou!" (アイドル卒業注意事項) at their Spring Concert Tour ~Momochi-ism~ @ Nakano Plaza on 5/4. A graduation song dedicated to Momochi. There are a lot of dialogue lines they will say to Momochi in the song. no release date announced.
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Here is the subtitled version of the renewal episode, #214!
There was a really interesting Ogata and Haga therapy session in there.
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Same. I think I have not even watched MV previews. They did a great job at making all their YouTube shows incredibly boring.
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I totally forgot about that one. They got rid of the most interesting parts in H!S (solo corner, quiz, full MV previews). Do they even show the recording process on Upcoming anymore? (Music+ was also superior to this.)
Just checked and realized that tiny tiny replaced Girls Night Out. And I thought that show was boring.
Posted 27 December 2017 - 11:35 PM
Edit : and today's tiny tiny featured Maasa cutting a pile of tissues to double the number of it. Miya customising keys and hair pins wasn't that bad afterall.
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Today's Upcoming featured Mao showing us how to fold t-shirts in a pretty way. It's also being renewed and will have a new corner when it returns.
Fuck all these shows.
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That was DIFFERENT. She showed us how to fold towels!
Edit: Wait no lol no she didn't! She did also show how to fold t-shirts!
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No it's something where the girls learn something, like the cooking they did. This time Ayano K and Rikako did calligraphy, although I don't know if it will be calligraphy everytime.
Is the live footage the new corner?
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They had them learning as first timers. Or are you saying Take-chan should teach them?
They should have had Take-chan do it. That's her major.
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Mizuki was hosting this week and answered 2 questions from fans. She was asked to choose her favorite MM B-side : she answered choosing one was very difficult but she mentionned her duo with Ayumi as Wakuteka, she likes this very cute song + their duo cover even if it was only for a B-side. 2nd question was about her personnal goal this year, which she said will be to have more hobbies. She also mentionned later (after the calligraphy corner) that she is left-handed and was forced as a kid to do calligraphy with her right hand so she was very bad at it, felt really bad because she couldn't do it properly, which is kind of a trauma for her. (How can Japan be so late on things like this ? It stopped more than 40 years ago over here. She isn't even a countryside girl.)
First corner is new, it's a dictionnary relay between all MM members to give a keyword for all 50 sounds (mores) of the Japanese (the 51th being "n" but it can't be the first syllable of a word).
Second one was a footage of H!P Dance club rehearsal and Manakan rehearsing alone for 2 hours, with explanations of what she was doing.
Third corner is a live footage, Hello! No Theme performed on 1/2 at Nakano Sun Plaza.
Forth corner was presented as new : every week a teacher will teach two H!P members, this time being Rikako and Ayano K. about calligraphy. Teacher's tips are written in small boxes on screen so it may actually teach something ? But it is not really entertaining.
Last, new corner as well, following hairstyle corner, we will now have a "styling corner". This week, Sakura showing us how she does her usual eyemakeup (+ what she does for concerts). From Mizuki's comments + hers, it seems she really likes makeup.
Next week's host loves Buono! (and talked with them), dogs and has beautiful black hair.
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Discussion in 'Rifle Country' started by CmdrSlander, Jan 27, 2013.
Let this thread be the AR15 picture thread!
I'll start.
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Very nice. Is that an Aimpoint optic on there?
I'll start.
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I'll keep it going...
Here is my Spikes M4LE 16" 5.56mm upper (with 9" Spikes BAR fre-float rail) on a PSA lower with an Aimpoint PRO optic and Vickers VCAS sling.
Also pictured is my companion CMMG Sierra .22LR dedicated upper with Vortex StrikeFire optic.
What the heck, I'm game....
And the old RRA.....
Sorry about having the HK in two separate photos....
Here is my latest and will be my first SBR when i get my stamp back.
I need to update; my wife has her own "pink" AR and my son has a new Spikes Punisher Lower and some new furniture.
Yes it is. Brand new and yet to be sighted in.
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MP15-22. This is the before. I'll post an after in about 10 months.
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Nice collection Rock6, here's my AR , sorry bad pic...
Beautiful. I just love OD green. OK, seriously... I should be doing homework right now but I'm sitting in a puddle of my own drool. I'll have to post some pics after I take care of business
no AR10s? I just like a bigger bang.
Do you have one?
Spikes lower,14.5 bmc upper,barska 3x9x42 scope.
Here is my .22 LR AR that I have it's a ton of fun to shoot, I just wish .22LR wasn't hard to get right now. It's an ATI Omni lower, Chiappa upper with 12" free float quad rail and flip up Magpul sights
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My young cousin shooting my favorite parts plinker... 20" light barrel with a pneumatic buffer.
Nice rifle, but ammo shortage?
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If seven straight wins and listening to Vin doesn't make you a Dodger fan, I'm not sure what will. Outside of the cheap shots taken at Tommy Lasorda and the McCourts, the story in today's L.A. Times by Mike Penner was an enjoyable read and does remind us how lucky we are to have had Vin Scully talking to us all these years.
As for the sports section, the news coverage certainly seems to be about a team that just swept a six-game homestand for the first time in 12 years and won for the 15th time in the last 18 games, but Page 2 is the exception on this day.
T.J. Simers is back, now that the Clippers and Lakers are done, which means more fun for us in the coming months. And while I've been called a lot of things in my life, this is definitely a first for me. Today I got dubbed Nomar's "man-servant," which definitely got a chuckle out of me and quite a laugh out of my wife. She probably agrees with T.J.
However, as Nomar's humble servant, I must disagree with the assessment in today's paper. The truth is, though he might not be willing to trade barbs with T.J. for the sake of selling newspapers, Nomar has quite a personality. Since May 5 when I posted a blog about him showing quite a bit of leadership in the clubhouse, the team has gone 15-3 and Nomar has the second-best average in all of baseball, batting .438 with 21 RBI. Yet it's obvious that he doesn't want to be the center of attention.
How do I know this? Because he's told me so. The truth is that while he actually has exactly the type of personality that plays great with the media when he wants to, he really doesn't want to. After a recent victory in Coors Field, the beat writers all gathered around him and tried to get him to talk about everything that he's done during this hot streak and how he is carrying the team. He spit out a bunch of cliches and tried to deflect attention to his teammates for more than 10 minutes before they finally realized he wasn't going to take credit for what has been accomplished.
A few minutes later, I was sitting on the bus back to the team hotel and he came over to talk to me. All he said was, "In case you can't tell, I really don't like to talk about myself." And that was it.
Meanwhile, I'm guessing the kids that spent time with Nomar and Kenny Lofton at Eric Gagne's bowling event earlier this month probably had no problem getting to see their favorite players' personalities. And even though the event was partially benefiting T.J.'s favorite charity, the Mattel Children's Hospital, he was nowhere to be found when a dozen of our players were out in the community.
Yesterday, we made it even easier. Eric Gagne and Frank McCourt went to the L.A. Times building to spend time with the winners of the Times In Education 2006 Team Think Blue Program, which promotes literacy and creative thinking. They spent two hours at a luncheon hosted by the L.A. Times, chatting with the kids who had won the essay and art contests. But no one saw T.J. there either and there was no mention of it in today's story.
Here's my solution. With a readership of hundreds of thousands of people, T.J. has a chance to really make a difference with what he writes. So from now through the end of the season, for every Dodger community event that T.J. comes to cover for his paper, I'm going to personally donate $50 to the Mattel Children's Hospital. There's plenty of them left, so this could cost me quite a bit, but it's worth it. My wife has even signed off on it, but she wants to make sure that it's T.J. who comes to cover the event, not his radio co-host/daughter.
In fact, I'll make it easy by giving a list of dates for some of the upcoming events.
June 2 Clinic at the Compton Academy
June 8 Boys & Girls Club Renovation
June 20-23 Baseball Camp benefiting the Dodgers Dream Foundation
July 27 Dodger Golf Tournament
Aug. 9 Children's Hospital of LA Visit
These are just some of the events, but more information can be found in the community section of the Dodgers' web site. I'll make sure he knows about every event and keep you all posted on how many he comes out to write about. If any of you would like to make donations to Mattel Children's Hospital or the Dodgers Dream Foundation (or any charity, for that matter), feel free to join in the fun.
In the meantime, enjoy a small break from baseball today. We'll be right back at it again tomorrow.
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I went ahead and wished T.J luck via email and letting him know of your challange! 🙂
Way to go Josh. Most likely this will fall on deaf ears. After the late and great Jim Murray the Times (and other papers) has gone from great sports writers who invoke thought to writers who like to provoke fans. This has had an adverse effect on sports fans (although it most likely has brought more interest to sports) to be more negative. Just look at sports talk radio today. There are even host that comment to their listeners lack of original thought by calling them clones. This personality is simular to the kid in school who liked to provoke fights but never stood up themselves.
Good work, Josh. I got your back.
I can imagine that the harsher press the Dodgers get is frustrating to the front office. Your approach of actually giving Simers an oppurtunity to seriously do something positive is commendable, though.
I don't think the cheap shots will let up so very easily, though. Sportswriters are concerned with a winning team, and the Dodgers of the 90s never won a playoff game, the first decade since the depression that the Dodgers did not win a National League pennant. Some of the moves by Paul Depodesta frankly looked like more of the same old story, like losing Beltre and signing Jose Valentin to play third base. I think it will take time, but that the McCourt era will be treated more kindly after a winning season this year, a good offseason, and a winning one next year.
Of course, should the Dodgers win a championship, even TJ Simers would have a hard time complaining (unless he's a Giants fan).
That's a great thing you're doing and I hope T.J. will at the very least humor you and turn up to these events. Even if he just uses it as an opportunity to make man-servant jokes. At least then we'll know he's a decent guy who just happens to like making stupid jokes.
He made Nomar sound rude (thanks for straightening that out), but at least he reported Kenny Lofton being funny at T.J.'s expense. And he probably thought he got the upperhand making fun of Kenny saying "bro'"…
Awesome job, Josh. I hope he shows up and allows the "man servant" to help out his cause.
Good posting Josh !! Makes me think about the movie "61" and Maris with the NY press !! I too have a problem with L.A. Times columnists like TJ and "Pain-***-ki" They write for the sensationalism of it and hope for the negative response. I for one just ignor it. A true fan will figure things out by themselves, they won't have to rely on a newspaper interpretation. Columnist are just single individuals with an agenda. But, I do hope that TJ will man up and do the right thing with your challenge.
Go Dodgers !!!
Awesome Josh. TJ can be a real jerk and most of us know that. Just please let Mr. McCourt know that TJ does NOT speak for the majority of Dodger fans.
Awesome Josh. TJ can be a real jerk and most of us know that. Just please let Mr. McCourt know that TJ does NOT speak for the majority of Dodger fans.
I get sick and tired of all the bad press Nomar gets from time to time and I thought TJ Simers went to far.
Double thumbs up to you Josh and your comments! Let's hope he accepts your challenge.
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wow, i didnt think the article could actually have been as bad as everybody was saying, but then i read it. out of all the people in LA, is this really the best guy they have to write for the Times. i mean, this article shouldn't have even been in the paper let alone the sports section. the article has nothing to do with sports at all. it must be a joke that this guy could call himself a journalist. i am sorry that you have to put up with him. i grew up in the small town of lakeland, florida and i have to say that i never read an article in the lakeland ledger that was that bad. they had opinion pieces in the sports section, but they offered opinions about sports and things that were going on. the Times should fire him. there are a million people who are better journalists than him. PEOPLE SHOULD BOYCOTT THE TIMES UNTIL THEY FIRE HIM!!!
I'm glad the Dodgers didn't want o talk to T.J. His ego doesn't need any more attention
Maybe the Times was stuck in a position of either TJ Simers or Jim Gray.
Let's not be too critical of T.J.
I criticized his reporting, but let's face it, he's good at what he does. If only he did something worthwhile. But if you don't like his childish humor being in the sports section, then blame the LA Times for their low standards or their bad judgement.
Let them know what Dodger fans want to read. Angel fans and 14-year-olds (the immature ones) can go to http://www.tjsimers.com but the Times shouldn't insult the fans or the residents of Los Angeles.
Josh, though already employed, has already proven himself more worthy with intelligent writing and more social responsibility.
Incredible. And he wonders why he's getting the cold shoulder. Send an email to the Reader's Rep page asking him to be replaced as a Dodgers' reporter. There's no room in the clubhouse for this jerk.
I'm sure this will get a mention later, but J.A. Adande has a good article in the Times today on Andre Ethier.
There are two types of sports writers: Those who focus only on the positive and those who will tell all. We all know where Simers falls among those two buckets.
But Simers is a columnist, not an investigative reporter or a beat writer, so he gets lots of leeway in what he says, much of which is simply opinion. To clear up any misconceptions from previous commenters, Simers is not assigned to the Dodgers beat by the Times. I don't know how many of his topics he chooses himself and how many are assigned by his editors.
Can Simers be an ***? Certainly. But his attitude is usually reserved for athletes who are surly to the fans or the press and who generally don't seem to appreciate how lucky they are to have such exciting and lucrative careers. In his own pain-in-the-*** way, I think Simers speaks for the fans who spend hard-earned money to watch these players and don't feel like they're getting their money's worth. A losing team is one thing, but a losing team with a lousy, surly attitude is another and Simers pinpoints that line to within a millimeter.
Does anyone remember Simers' column from last summer where Jeff Kent finally opened up and explained why he kept giving Simers the cold shoulder? Kent explained that before games he wanted to keep his mental concentration up and just didn't like distraction from reporters or anyone, and the same often held true after games. Simers while not quite apologizing for ever having gone too far is his previous converage of Kent, promised to try to be a little more considerate. It basically ended with both guys agreeing to leave their relationship as it is, with both sides getting a better understanding of the other.
And I can't help but believe that many of the athletes he covers are in on Simers' humerous coverage. Yes, humor can be a tricky thing, and in so many cases, the reader just doesn't get it. Simers writes in a way that makes it hard to tell when he's joking, which is something I actually apreciate. It makes it more fun for me trying to figure out when he's serious. (For instance, is his son-in-law really that much of a bum?)
Thanks for the journalism lesson. The bottom line is this — if Simers can eat dinner with you and you kiss his _ _ _ (see Clippers), you'll get nice treatment. He's a fraud.
i hope the whole clubhouse boycotts T.J. That way he'll have nothing to write about… tell him to cover the Angels.
If by "cheap shots taken at Tommy Lasorda and the McCourts" you mean "any criticism whatsoever", then sure…


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The mission captured by the twin probes' cameras documents the final journey of the Grail spacecraft, which had aimed to map the moon's gravity field. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
NASA's Grail mission bit the moondust last month — but images captured by the twin probes' cameras bring the yearlong lunar mission back to life in a two-minute video documenting one of Grail's final go-arounds.
Grail's main aim was to map the moon's gravity field, as reflected in the acronym behind the mission title (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory). There was an educational angle as well, pioneered by Sally Ride, America's first woman in space. As the founder of Sally Ride Science, the late astronaut was in charge of Grail's MoonKam educational project, which let students pick out targets for the black-and-white cameras mounted on the two probes (nicknamed Ebb and Flow).
Three days before the Grail probes made their crash landing on Dec. 17, mission controllers activated the cameras on one of the probes to take some parting shots of the lunar surface from a height of about 6 miles (10 kilometers). The picture-taking session was part of the equipment checkout conducted in preparation for the planned mission-ending impact into a mountain near the moon's north pole.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory assembled almost 2,500 of those images into the video released Thursday, which shows a stretch of the northern hemisphere on the moon's far side in the vicinity of Jackson Crater.
The first part of the clip, comprising 931 images, shows the terrain as seen by the Ebb spacecraft's forward-facing camera. The scene immediately shifts to the view from Ebb's backward-facing camera head for another 1,498 images. The video runs six times faster than the real-time voyage took.
Doug Ellison, a visualization producer at JPL, worked on the Grail video and said on Twitter that it was "one of my favorite projects to be involved with."
Three days prior to its planned impact on a lunar mountain, mission controllers activated the camera aboard one of NASA's GRAIL twins to take some final photos from lunar orbit.
He acknowledged that the picture quality might not come up to the standards of, say, NASA's $720 million Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. But after all, the cost of the cameras accounted for just a small portion of Grail's $500 million mission cost.
"The cameras were an education and outreach addition, purely for the use of the MoonKam project," Ellison pointed out on YouTube. "Middle school students scheduled observations with these cameras — more than 100,000 images in all. Yes, they are small, crumby pictures. They are also infinitely more inspiring to the middle school students that commanded them than not having images at all."
The MoonKam images prove that even low-cost, low-tech cameras can heighten interest in space science. "Their shortfalls in terms of fidelity and quality speak to the engineering of the mission itself," Ellison said. "I like that."
More about the Grail mission:
- Grail impact site named after Sally Ride
- Gravity map reveals our battered moon
- Kids get their very own 'Earthrise'
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Israel: The Writers' Writer
Midnight Convoy and Other Stories
Khirbet Khizeh
A story used to circulate among members of the Russian intelligentsia: boxing contests in Hamburg, it was said, were rigged so that the popular boxers would win, thus pleasing the public. Yet the boxers were keen to know who the real champion was, and once a year they used to meet in a secret cellar for a serious match, to which only the professionals were invited. Similarly, in an avant-garde secret poetry contest, the story had it, Velimir Khlebnikov was the champion, not the more popular Vladimir Mayakovsky. He was the true choice of the poets: the poets' poet.
S. Yizhar, a native Israeli writer (1916–2006), is the native Israeli writers' writer, the champion of the literary cellars of Israel, even though writers more popular than he are much better known to the public. With the appearance of some remarkable translations of his works into English, there is a chance for him to be more widely known not only as a powerful writer but also as an incarnation of the spirit of Israel's birth sixty years ago—an event that Israeli Jews celebrate and Palestinian Arabs lament.
S. Yizhar is the pen name of Yizhar Smilansky, the name he used to publish his precocious first short novel, Ephraim Goes Back to Alfalfa, in 1938. At the time, no one suspected that the novel was written by a young man of twenty-two. But all of Yizhar's distinctive characteristics were there—a vast Hebrew vocabulary, rich with references to flora and fauna, an unhurried, expansive syntax, powerful descriptions of open landscapes, long inner dialogues, and the ever-present theme of the individual vs. the collective, in which young members of the Labor Zionist aristocracy were the main characters.
There is not much plot in this novel, or in any that followed. It is about a kibbutz meeting that deals with the request of a longtime member, Ephraim, to switch from working in the alfalfa fields to working in the orange grove. The kibbutz turns him down.
"And why is the orange grove better than the alfalfa?" asks Nehama, the woman with whom Ephraim is in love and who is supposed to be sympathetic to him. ("Nehama" in Hebrew means comfort, consolation, even redemption.)
"Well, Nehama, what can I say? I don't know, whether it's better or not, but all the same…"
…But all the same, the sun again stood high in the sky, glowing with a luster dimmed by the heat, and the ends of the fields quivered by themselves.
It may very well be because of the sun that Ephraim wants to switch to the shade of the orange grove. "Orange grove" in Hebrew is pardes, and from it, the word "paradise" derives. Yizhar's great-uncle, Moshe Smilansky, a well-known writer, was also an agricultural entrepreneur who owned large orange groves in Palestine. Yizhar's childhood, in the little colony of Rehovot, was spent in the shade of his uncle's trees. Orange groves were Yizhar's childhood Eden, from which he was expelled as…
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Connecting your printer
If you're running Windows 10, see Fix printer problems in Windows 10.
To install a printer
If you have a new wireless printer that hasn't been added to your home network, read the instructions that came with the printer to learn how to add it. Check the printer manufacturer's website to learn more and to get up-to-date software for your printer.
- Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings. (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
- Tap or click PC and devices, and then tap or click Devices. If your printer is installed, it should appear under Printers.
- If your printer isn't listed, tap or click Add a device, and then select your printer to install it.
To install (add) a local printer
- Click the Start button, and then, on the Start menu, click Devices and Printers.
- Click Add a printer.
- In the Add Printer wizard, click Add a local printer.
- On the Choose a printer port page, make sure that the Use an existing port button and the recommended printer port are selected, and then click Next.
- On the Install the printer driver page, select the printer manufacturer and model, and then click Next.
- If your printer isn't listed, click Windows Update, and then wait while Windows checks for additional drivers.
- If none are available and you have the installation CD, click Have Disk, and then browse to the folder where the printer driver is located. (For additional help, consult the printer manual.)
- Complete the additional steps in the wizard, and then click Finish.
You can print a test page to make sure the printer is working correctly. If you've installed the printer but it doesn't work, check the manufacturer's website for troubleshooting information or driver updates.
To install a network, wireless, or Bluetooth printer
- Click the Start button, and then, on the Start menu, click Devices and Printers.
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Ariane 5 Generic
|Main Data
|Ariane 5G
|46 to 52 m
|up to 5.4 m
|Liftoff mass**
|746 tonnes
|Payload mass***
|6 tonnes GTO & 9.5 tonnes SSO
Ariane 5 made its first successful launch on 30 October 1997. Its first operational flight took place in December 1999 when it launched ESA's X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM) satellite. Since it became operational Ariane 5 has launched satellites for communications, Earth observation and scientific research.
Ariane 5 is used for launches into geostationary transfer orbit GTO), medium and low Earth orbits, Sun-synchronous orbits (SSO) and Earth-escape trajectories.
All Ariane 5 versions are composed of a central core stage to which are attached two solid boosters. On top of this different upper stage configurations are integrated.
In order to launch Ariane 5, ESA built a new launch site at Europe's Spaceport near to the town of Kourou in French Guiana, as well as facilities to integrate the solid boosters and to produce the solid propellant used by the boosters.
* Depending on upper composite configuration
** Double launch
*** Dual launch, mass of spacecraft and adaptors
GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (580 km x 35786 km x 7°)
SSO = Sun Synchronous Orbit (800 km x 800 km x 98.6°)


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Friday, 24 December 2010
Happy Birthday Jesus
Posted by Amrita at Friday, December 24, 2010
Labels: Celebration, Photo Diary
9 Fertilize my soul:
- monsoon dreams said...
Merry Xmas,dearest!!
I'm here with two of my good friendshan 21 yrs (pre university friends,know them for more than 20 yrs!) and their families :-)
Wishing you a wonderful day,Amrita!!
- 25 December 2010 at 00:06
- Gerry said...
Enjoyed your photos of your Christmas displays and the meaning of the Holy Infant.
- 25 December 2010 at 01:25
- Simply Shelley said...
What wonderful Christmas decorations...love your childhood Nativity...just precious...your tree is beautiful....Have a very blessed Christmas day..to you and your sweet mama.....Shelley
- 25 December 2010 at 02:29
- Nadwrażliwiec said...
Jesus wasn't similar to any religious and political imagination of Messiah. If God Father wanted His Son was born in palace or in rich house - he would do it. Jesus could come on the Earth like adult man from the sky. But He was born like common baby, in poor family. It is the most odd fact in the world.
You have beautiful decorations - they are so original.
So, once again... Merry Christmas! :)
- 25 December 2010 at 02:57
- Nadwrażliwiec said...
I forget about important question to You: is there possible to send some seeds of vegetables to India? In some Polish markets after New Year there are really cheap - they are packed in little paper bags. After my return to home from the village (I'm going to the village after Christmas) I can ask in the post office, but I think that they could be send as common letter.
- 25 December 2010 at 03:07
- David C Brown said...
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men."
- 25 December 2010 at 04:04
- Hold my hand: a social worker's blog said...
Merry Christmas, dear Amrita!!!
Your post is beautiful, and you are right, "this child signifies the incarnation."
((((Hugs & Love to you and your mom))))
- 25 December 2010 at 19:42
- Nancy said...
I hope you had a blessed Christmas Amrita.....you are loved.
- 26 December 2010 at 23:49
- Mel Avila Alarilla said...
Yes, Happy Birthday Jesus. Being born a baby was God's display of His unquestionable humility in spite of all His greatness and grandeur as God. The dissertation of the spectacle of His birth was most inspiring and intuitive indeed. Thanks for the post. God bless you all always.
- 28 December 2010 at 01:57


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Music man: King anchors Grammy 'Poole'
Anyone can dust off an old record, but for Faber resident Christopher King, the work doesn't stop there– in fact, that's where it all begins.
King, who won a Grammy in 2003 for his work on Charlie Patton: Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues, is nominated again this year in the category of Best Historical Album for You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music.
As sound engineer, King was charged with taking the often damaged old recordings of the roots musician, most of them dating from the 1920s, and making them sound "as modern and clean as possible." He admits it was a big job.
"If you take a Charlie Poole 78 and put it on a regular old turntable, it's going to sound pretty awful," he says.
Using some 78-rpm recordings by Poole as well as by musicians who influenced or who were influenced by him– King and two other sound engineers slowly went about remastering the recordings.
"I have quite a few of my own techniques," explains King, 34, who has been doing record remastering professionally for only six years through his business, Long Gone Sound Productions.
While his interest in historical recordings began as a hobby in high school, King spent his 20s exploring careers, including a stint as an undertaker in his native Bath County.
"It was the best job available at the time," he says. Following some time in grad school studying philosophy and French, he finally decided to turn his passion for old records into a career. He hasn't looked back.
In addition to the Grammy nods, King's painstaking work has won him the respect of his music industry peers.
"They hear in his work that he understands how to finesse a sound out of these old records that has eluded most other people," says Hank Sapoznik, who as producer of the Poole compilation shares King's Grammy nomination.
"Even with all the technology available," Sapoznik adds, "Chris has something that technology can't supersede, which is taste, aesthetic, and insight. He did pretty much the impossible."
Despite such high praise, King is modest about his accomplishment.
"It's just an honor that the Charlie Poole set would even be nominated," says King, explaining that Poole has "been marginalized or ignored for 75 years."
And a nomination is one thing, he points out, but winning is another. In addition to the crowd-pleasing Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax, King's work is also up against the Ray Charles and Johnny Cash box sets.
"The competition," says King, "is very, very stiff."
The Grammy Awards air February 6 at 8pm on CBS.
Christopher King


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Wisdom teeth, also known as third molars, are the final teeth to erupt in the back of the mouth. They typically appear between the ages of 17 and 21. If wisdom teeth come in correctly, they can help with functions like chewing. However, more often than not, wisdom teeth are misaligned or impacted. In many cases, there is simply not enough space for wisdom teeth to erupt in the jaw. To prevent damage to adjacent teeth, many doctors recommend removing wisdom teeth before they become a problem. Read through these wisdom tooth FAQs to find out whether you should consider extraction.
To prevent damage to adjacent teeth, many doctors recommend removing wisdom teeth before they become a problem.
Wisdom teeth do not always need to be removed. In some patients, they fully erupt and become a healthy, functioning part of the smile. In others, wisdom teeth are partially or fully impacted. To be classified as impacted, a tooth must be trapped within soft or hard tissue. Impacted teeth can cause a number of short- and long-term issues. When a tooth is partially impacted, bacteria can accumulate and cause infection. Impacted wisdom teeth may also damage nearby teeth. If your doctors determines that your wisdom teeth are problematic or may become so in the future, you may be a candidate for extraction.
General dentists can sometimes perform simple wisdom tooth extractions. However, patients with impacted teeth may need to visit an oral surgeon. A specialist is fully equipped to perform complex surgery with minimal risks. Specialists are also more likely to offer more forms of sedation. The most common and reliable options are nitrous oxide, oral sedation, or intravenous (IV) medication.
In most cases, younger patients are able to tolerate surgery better and heal faster. By removing wisdom teeth early on, you can prevent potential complications in the future. It is also easier to remove teeth before the roots have fully developed, as it decreases the likelihood of nerve damage.
The treatment process will depend on whether the tooth is impacted or not. To remove an impacted tooth, an oral surgeon must create an incision in the gums to access the jaw. Soft or hard tissue above the tooth will be removed, and the tooth will be carefully lifted from its socket. In some cases, the tooth may be removed in sections to avoid impacting the surrounding area. The incision is then closed with sutures.
A simple tooth removal does not involve incisions. Your dentist can gently rock the tooth back and forth until it becomes loose enough to remove entirely.
Recovery from wisdom tooth extraction usually takes about seven to 10 days. The length of recovery often depends on the complexity of your procedure, as well as the number of wisdom teeth removed. Most surgeons prefer to extract all wisdom teeth in one visit, though sometimes, removal is performed in phases.
It is common to experience swelling, soreness, bruising, and bleeding after surgery. You may also find it difficult to open and close your mouth. Your doctor will usually prescribe pain medication to take for the first few days, and you may also be asked to take an antibiotic to prevent infection. You can take anti-inflammatory medication to reduce swelling, and apply ice to the face for 20-minute increments. For the first 24 to 48 hours, you should avoid using a straw or blowing your nose, as this can dislodge the blood clot.
After wisdom tooth extraction, a blood clot will form at the site of surgery. This clot serves to protect the surgical site while it heals. If the blood clot becomes dislodged, the underlying bone and nerve are exposed. This is known as a dry socket. A dry socket will appear white instead of red, and it is often extremely painful. You should contact your doctor immediately if you are experiencing symptoms.
Although nerve damage is rare after wisdom tooth extraction, it is a possible complication of surgery. The likelihood of nerve damage increases with age, which is why many doctors recommend undergoing treatment early on. If you experience any numbness in the area surrounding the surgical site, you should report it to your surgeon or dentist.
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